Holder for automobile registration cards



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C. S. APPLAS HOLDER FOR AUTOMOBILE REGISTRATION CARDS Nov. .24,A 1925.

Filed May 9. 1925 WITNESSES MMA/WM.

Patented Nov. 24, 1925.

l UNITED sTATEs PATENT OFFICE.A

CLARENCE S. APPLAS, OF SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA.

HOLDER FOR AUTOMOBILE REGISTRATION CARDS.

Application filed nay 9,k 1925. sensu No. 29,133. 1

To all whom t may concer/n.:

Be it known that I, CLARENCE S. APPLAs,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Sacramento, in the county ofSacramento and 5 State of California, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Holders for Automobile Registration Cards, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This inventionrelates to holders for automobile registration or Ilicensecards.

The object is to provide a simple and cheaply manufactured device forholding an. automobile registration card or a drivers license card in aosition on the steering post of an automobile to be readily inspected byan oiiicer of the law, such open and constant'display of said cardsbeing required in man States in order' that there may be obtalnedcertain' required facts regarding the car and the dri-ver without.undue'loss of time.

Another object is to rovide a holder for this purpose of iiexib e andwater proof material which is adapted to readily receive the card withinthe pocket comprising the body member and displaying the prmtedinformation thereon through a water-proof, transparent front panel orwall, said card being fully protected from dirt or moisture the steeringpost, vand frictionally held on the same by binding or lacing meansconnecting the ends of the holder, which enables the device to beapplied to different sized posts.

A full and complete understanding of the invention may be obtained'froma consideration of the following detailed description, taken inconnection with the accompanying drawing forming a part of thisspecification, it being understood that while the drawing shows apractical form of the invention, the latter is not to be confined tostrict conformity therewith, but may be changed or modified, so long assuch changes or modifications mark no material departure from thesalient features of the invention, asA specifically pointed out in theappended claims. p

In the drawing, in which similar reference charactersdesignatecorresponding parts throughout the several figures l Figure 1is a side elevation showing the l5 an automobile.

when the holder is bent or wrapped around invention 'as applied to thesteering post of- .'Fi ure'2 is a side elevation of the device 1napplied position and looking from the opposite side to show the meansfor holding the same in position. Figure 3 is a plan viewof the back ofthe holder in open position as when introducing a card steering post.

Figure 4. is a horizontal through Figure 3.

vVarious devicesV have been usedv for holdsectional view prior toapplication to the ing registration or license cards in autov mobiles`and displaying the same in full View at all times, 1n accordance withthe legal requirements-in many localities, but said devices require thatthey be either screwed or clamped to the dash, where they are more orless in the way and result in marring or defacing the dash or otherpartto which they may be attached. The present devicemay be firmly heldto the steer- A ing post below the steering wheel so as not to interferein the slightest with the operator, and where it may not be accidentallydislodged or damaged, and at the same time readily turned toward theleft or drivers side of the car to be easily inspected by ar,

officer or other person standing at the side. The inventlon comprlses arectangular body member 1 formed of thin, fiexiblev leather or someother suitable water-proof material having flexible qualities and of alength suiiicient, when formed in a manner to be described, to reachsubstantially around the maximum-sized post.

The end portions of the body member are turned back against the frontside thereof,

as indicated at 2 to provide overhanging portions to house the ends ofthe registration or other card, and the upper and lower marginalportions of the bo y member are folded over on the fronty sidethereof'also,

as indicated at 3 to house the upper and lower edges of said card. Theturned over portions 2 and 3 are adapted to receive the edges of arectangular. front panel or wall 5 which is formedof material such asce1- luloid which is clearly transparent, flexible and water-proof forprotecting the regis-,f

tration or other'card from dirt or moisture'. The turned portions 2 and3, Vaswell as the margins of the transparent front wall 5 and the backof the holder 1 are then stitched a short distance from the freeinner-edges of said portions, as shown at 4, which thus provides acontinuous overhanging iange to completely surround the edges of thetending the full width or height of the .indicated at 7 in Figure 3 ofthe drawing is adapted to be introduced into the poclr pocket, and theregistrationor other card,

et thus formed through said slit 6, the body member 1. forming acomplete cover for the back of the card, and the transparent front Wallcompletely covering the card and permitting ready inspectlon of thesame.

The turned back portions 2 at the ends of the body member are somewhatwider than the turned portions at the top and bottom, and are adapted tohave hooks or eyelets 8 secured in a vertical line thereon, the clinch-,ing portions 9 of the same passing through both layers and located atthe rear or inner side of the device. l

The hooks 8 of each series are regularly spaced apart and opposite toeach other when the holder is bent into a cylinder as when in use, andthe holder is preferably held in close Vfrictional engagement by meansof a thin, strong and flexible wire-10', having one end preferablyconnected to the lowermost hook 8 at one side, as indicated at 1l, thefree ortion of said wire being inter'- laced in tie several hooks, asclearly shown in Figure 2 of the drawing. By lacing the device inthemanner shown, the terminal portion of the wire may be twisted 'aboutthe other terminal portion of the wire at the point of fastening, asshown at 12 in said ligure, and it' will be seen that a uniform strainis put on the hooks transversely of the gap between they ends 2-2 tocause. the holder, together with the card therein, to lie closely anduniformly against the steering post 13, whereon the reading matter onthe -card 7 may be readily brought in view, if

necessary for an inspection, by simply turning the holder, thefrictional engagement being sufficient to revent the device fromslipping down on t e said ost.

From the foregoing 1t will be seen that a simple, easily applied,cheaply manufac,

ront of the\ber formed of flexible protective material,

said body member having its marginal portions turned over on the front,a flexible transparent vsheet stitched 'around its margins within saidoverturned portions to form a pocket, said body member having a slitadjacent to one end to form an entrance opening'to said pocket for theintroduction of a registration or other card, and spaced hooks securedto the front face of the overturned ends of the body and adapted toreceive a lacing to support the holder around an automobile steeringpost in a manner to display the said card.

2. A holder for automobile registration or license cards comprising arectangular pocket formed of leather or other waterproof material andadapted to be bent and wrapped around an automobile steering post, saidpocket having a transverse slit in the rear wall adjacent to one end ofthe same for introducing said card there-in, and having a flexibletransparent front wall to display the card, opposed series of spacedhooks attached to the front of the holder and adjacent to the ends ofthesame, and a wire lacing secured to one terminal hook and adapted tobe linterlaced in the hooks and secured to hold the device in tightfrictional engagement around said steering` post for displaying saidcard.v

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have heretoaffixed my signature.

` CLARENCE S. APPLAS.

